History for January 12 - Movers, Red Line, Dogs, Kukla!, Democrat war leader, Peace?, Republican war leader, Democrat love

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49 BC - Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River signaling a war between Rome and Gaul. 


1943 - The Office of Price Administration announced that standard frankfurters/hot dogs/wieners would be replaced by 'Victory Sausages.' 

1949 - "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", the Chicago-based children’s show, made its national debut on NBC-TV. 


1966 - U.S. President Johnson said in his State of the Union address that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there was ended. 


1973 - Yasser Arafat was re-elected as head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. 


1991 - The U.S. Congress passed a resolution authorizing President Bush to use military power to force Iraq out of Kuwait. 


1998 - Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.